Tuesday, March 06, 2007

• Dred Scott case offers hope for opponents of Roe v. Wade, Scott's descendant says

  by Allen Palmeri, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  ST. LOUIS (BP)--The great-great granddaughter of Dred Scott is using her heritage to proclaim the rights of unborn babies to be counted as full individuals, with some pro-life advocates hopeful that just as the Dred Scott decision was overturned, Roe v. Wade may eventually face a similar fate.

        On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Dred Scott decision, ruling that the drafters of the Constitution had viewed all blacks as “beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Read More

• Enterprise begins funerals for 8 high school students

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  ENTERPRISE, Ala. (BP)--At least four of the eight students killed by a tornado at Enterprise High School had ties to Southern Baptist churches, and those churches hosted funerals packed with mourners March 5 and 6 as disaster relief volunteers continued to minister in the storm-ravaged southeast Alabama community. Read More

• Chinese by birth, Thai by culture; Laotians are his passion

  by Mickey Noah, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  Thira Siengsukon and his wife Montira (seated) both teach at the Lao School of Ministry at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., which Thira founded in 1988.Photo by John K. Swain

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--”The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering makes the thing that is impossible among us ... possible.”

  North American missionary Thira Siengsukon (pronounced See-eng-su-kone) -– Chinese by birth, Thai by culture and for whom English is a second language -– concisely voices just 14 words that reflect what the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is all about. Read More

• Trip to N. Orleans introduces Conn. students to faith in action

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  U.S. Coast Guard cadets and Connecticut collegians pause for a photo during a missions trip to New Orleans that prompted some of the team’s non-Christians to rethink their view of Christianity.

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Unconventional mission trips to New Orleans have helped a number of U.S. Coast Guard cadets and college students from Connecticut see that many of the folks helping with hurricane recovery work on the Gulf Coast are Christians as opposed to secularists.

  “Our mission team was our mission trip,” said Randy Bond, director of the New London Collegiate Ministry in Connecticut who has taken four teams of Coast Guard cadets and students -– including non-Christians -- to his home state of Louisiana for volunteer work. Read More

• Couple finds international missions at Louisiana port

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  RESERVE, La. (BP)--Steve and Ann Corbin believe they have the gift of hospitality, which proves handy for entertaining strangers, especially when the strangers do not speak English. Read More

• INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Tortured Eritrean Christian dies in prison; Chavez orders four oil projects seized; ...

  by Mark Kelly, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A 30-year-old Christian died in an Eritrean jail Feb. 15 after refusing to repudiate his faith in Jesus. Magos Solomon Semere was imprisoned in July 2002 when police raided a Protestant worship service in the country, which borders Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. Read More

• Hawkins envisions further GuideStone accomplishments

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--Drawing from Jesus’ words in Matthew 25:21, “Well done, good and faithful servant,” GuideStone Financial Resources President O.S. Hawkins reviewed past achievements by the Southern Baptist entity during Feb. 26-27 trustee sessions in Dallas. Read More

• GuideStone enhances Adopt An Annuitant ministry

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources has adopted new guidelines to allow more retirees to qualify for financial assistance through its Adopt An Annuitant ministry. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Making evangelism good news again

  by John Avant, posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 (17 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--I am in the process of reading one of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. The author does a fine job of describing the incredible impact that movements of God have had on our country. She shows her readers how the entire culture of a nation can be changed through a great spiritual awakening. And then she takes a look at what is happening in America right now –- particularly among young people who are beginning to reject the hopelessness of relativism and secularism. She boldly predicts that we are now on the edge of the next Great Awakening that will radically change every part of the life and culture of our country. Read More